Grace Panetta Originally published by The 19th Democratic governors are pushing Congress to make significant investments in child care as the last pandemic-era federal child care subsidies are set to lapse this fall, pushing providers and parents into uncertain territory. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina led a June …
Read More »Biden’s New Executive Order Could Expand Access To Child Care And Long-Term Care
Chabeli Carrazana, Sara Luterman Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden is using an executive order to direct federal agencies to work to lower the cost of child care and improve long-term care for older adults and people with disabilities — a move that signaled the administration’s commitment to …
Read More »A Tampon Shortage, During A Formula Shortage, During A Child Care Shortage
Originally published by The 19th Over the past two weeks, Diamond Cotton has encountered a lot of empty shelves. At her local CVS, Walmart and Kroger in Indianapolis, the tampon aisles have stood bare, wiped out by a shortage that began as a ripple in the supply chain and then …
Read More »Increased Unemployment Benefits To End In Republican-Led States
Republican-led states are ending increased unemployment benefits. West Virginia and Alaska are the latest states to end the supplemental unemployment benefits provided by the federal government. Officials in GOP-led states claim the $300 increased benefits are a disincentive for people to return to work, leading to workforce shortages as businesses …
Read More »Democrats Unveil ‘Care Infrastructure’ Plan; Includes Paid Leave And Child Care
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) unveiled a ‘Care Infrastructure‘ Plan that includes universal paid family and medical leave, guaranteed access to child care, and permanently extending worker and family-related refundable tax credits from the American Rescue Plan. The Building an Economy for Families Act …
Read More »White House Releases $39 Billion From Rescue Plan To Aid Child Care Industry
Vice President Kamala Harris announced that $39 billion from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan would be released to help the child-care industry. “The strength of our country, the resilience of our economy, depends on the affordability and availability of childcare,” Vice President Harris said. “When it comes to childcare …
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